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BTW, that "one billion iOS devices" in the field, has to be a pure pipe dream of yours.

Apple may have sold close to a billion iOS devices, but, that includes iPods (all versions and years), iPhones (all versions and years), iPads (all versions and years), BUT, that the number of devices sold for all of the last 12-13 years, including the iPods.

But you have to remember that, the number of devices sold, is not the same as the number of active installations. The number of active installations for iPhones and iPads, is less than 400 million, and the iPods will likely disappear from the tech landscape in the next 1-2 years. In fact, the number for the installed base of iOS devices, could be closer to 300 million. Remember that, the majority of iOS device sales is to the same loyal user-base. So, selling 100 million iOS devices doesn't mean the same as adding 100 million new iOS users.

Here's a snippet from an article written Oct 15, 2013:

On Sept. 23, Tim Cook announced that iOS 7 downloads had passed 200 million within an active device base of 350 million units. Fortune notes that this means that as of Monday, Oct. 14, 250 million were running iOS 7.

So, that points to an "active device base of 350 million, and by now, if one were to be generous to Apple, by now, they might be at about 400 million active iOS instances. But, considering that the majority of new sales are to the same loyal users of iOS, the active users would have to be less than 400 million.

But, nice try with your exaggeration in trying to defend Apple. Once the iPods ride into the sunset, the number of active instances of iOS, will drop by many millions.

So, why are the Apple fanatics so defensive, and why do they have to make up their own facts in order to defend the hive?

BTW, that "one billion iOS devices" in the field, has to be a pure pipe dream of yours.

So I am a liar, or a terrible exaggerator, am I? As I once posted to another one of you trolls, it may have been you, I do not post things I am not prepared to back up. . . completely. You. . . are again hoist on your own petard.

"WWDC statshot: 800 million iOS devices sold, 75 billion apps downloaded" — June 2014
Apple has sold “well over 800 million” iOS devices since the launch of the first iPhone, according to Cook. This number includes over 100 million iPod touch units, over 200 million iPads and over 500 Million iPhones. iOS devices brought 130 million new customers to Apple during the last 12 months.

That number was based on the audited numbers as of the end of the second fiscal quarter of 2014. . . and Apple was selling approximately 50 million iOS devices between iPhones and iPads, not counting iPod Touches. . . by the time the end of 2014 rolls over, Apple will easily hit 1 billion iOS devices. In fact, it was reported that Apple would sell its 1 billionth iOS device sometime in the last quarter of 2014 (Apple 1st FY Quarter 2015).

Also, this referencing the Apple Financial Conference Call on October 21, 2014 in which Tim Cook and the CFO of Apple reported Apple's last Quarter of fiscal 2014 and the entire fiscal year, proves you are completely out in left field, again:

"Tim Cook was pleased to announce that in FY2014, Apple sold 250 million iOS devices. That means that since 2007, Apple has sold over 950 million iOS devices in total and is on track to sell it's billionth iOS device sometime in Q12015.—Source Seeking Alpha—Things Overlooked in Apple's Conference Call, by Ryan Jones, Oct. 22, 2014 8:33 AM

On Sept. 23, Tim Cook announced that iOS 7 downloads had passed 200 million within an active device base of 350 million units. Fortune notes that this means that as of Monday, Oct. 14, 250 million were running iOS 7.

Oh, WOW! You take a quotation from Tim Cook completely out of context. Tim Cook was talking about the iPhones and iPads capable of DOWNLOADING iOS 7. . . not about the entire iOS installed base. Again you don't know anything about what you are talking about. None of the iOS devices earlier than the iPhone 4 could install iOS 7. . . so he was NOT REFERRING TO THEM in his 350 million units. Good Grief, do you love to spout off about things you know nothing about, just to sound knowledgeable and think you are "smart." You aren't.

Remember that, the majority of iOS device sales is to the same loyal user-base.

Only in your warped mind. . . you don't sell one billion devices to repeat customers, adorno. . . nor do you start out in one country and sell repeat devices to those same customers in over 150 countries. Are you this much of an idiot that you believe the bilge you post?

Why are you so offensive? And why are you always so wrong????